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Scroll down to see flyers. 10 November 7pm CAREN GARFEN artist in conversation about her work “FRAGMENTS” and other pieces, exploring race and discrimination of Jewish people. 16th November 10.30am VIVIEN CHURNEY author talks about her book “The Scars We Share” 29th November 6.30pm MUSCIAL CHANUKAH CANDLE LIGHTING 30th November 7.30pm COOK ALONG CHANUKAH with DENISE PHILLIPS (Donations) ...

The Jew who became a priest and will be buried as a Jew Father Gregor Pawlowski, born Jacob Zvi Griner, fled the Nazis and obtained a Catholic baptism certificate. By JEREMY SHARON.  The Jerusalem Post NOVEMBER 1, 2021 Father Gregor Pawlowski, born Jacob Zvi Griner (photo credit: ELAD FORTAL) Later this week, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who became a Catholic priest in Poland, moved to Israel and served the Christian community here for nearly four decades, will be buried in Poland as a Jew alongside his mother and sister who were murdered by the Nazis. Having grown up in a religious Jewish household, Father Gregor Pawlowski, born Jacob Zvi Griner, was saved during the Holocaust by dint of papers he obtained stating he was Catholic, and he eventually was baptized and ordained as a priest. He eventually moved to Israel stating that he was part of the Polish people but that he was part of another nation first, the Jewish people, with whom he felt an ongoing attachment and among whom...

Spain wants to find descendants of 5,200 Jews saved by the ‘Spanish Schindler’ Ángel Sanz Briz saved 5,200 Jewish Hungarians by issuing fake passports and buying 11 apartment buildings as safe havens, but the anti-Israel Franco regime stifled his legacy   Using an expired Spanish law that extended citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492, Ángel Sanz-Briz saved 5,200 Hungarian Jews from being deported to Auschwitz in 1944. (Centro Serafad-Israel/ via JTA) MADRID (JTA) — In an unprecedented effort to find their relatives and raise awareness about their stories, Spanish authorities are releasing a list of the Hungarian Jews protected from the Nazis by a diplomat nicknamed the “Spanish Schindler.” Ángel Sanz Briz was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial and museum, in 1966 for using an ingenious legal manoeuvre to save more than 5,200 Jews from being deported to Auschwitz in 1944. But even though his efforts saved five times as many Jews as those of Oskar Schindler, his story...

Lytham St Anne's named in top 3 UK places to buy a seaside home - and it is easy to see why Lytham St Annes is also rated the most affordable place to buy a holiday home, with the average house price standing at £147,244 Lancashire News By Jon Macpherson, Chief Reporter The promenade at Lytham St Anne's A town in Lancashire has been ranked the third best place to buy a seaside holiday home in the UK. A home by the sea is a dream for many but with more people working from home, it's becoming more of a reality. And according to new research by Parkdean holiday resorts, one the best places to buy a seaside holiday home is in Lytham St Annes.   Lytham St Anne's is also rated the most affordable place to buy a holiday home, with the average house price standing at £147,244. The rankings of 67 seaside towns and cities are based on: average house prices; proportion of the population aged 65...

What Can You Find in the World’s Oldest Yiddish Letter? Exactly What You Would Expect Looking for proof that nothing ever changes? In this ancient letter a mother complains to her son that he doesn't write to her often enough… Sound familiar? The letter in the photograph is stored in the Cambridge University Library, TSMISC36. Line 5: I was, lo aleinu {may it not happen to us}, very sick, lo aleinu, from the first day of the month of Tamuz until the first day of the month of Av… Among the treasures discovered in the Cairo Genizah are also documents written in Yiddish. In fact the Cairo Genizah is the source of the oldest Yiddish texts in the world – an anthology of midrashim and parables, and even a German folk legend about a valiant duke who performs acts of gallantry to win the heart of a Greek princess. But daily life interests us more than legends of knights and princesses, so we decided to present...

  Watch a message from IBA Director Michael McCann here.   A letter will be sent to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and copied to your constituency MP on Monday 1 November. You can read the letter here.     Lara Gordon Campaign Director 114 Reaver House 12 East Street Epsom KT17 1HX www.israelbritain.org.uk +44(0)7491 299556 ...

INTERESTING STORIES YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW FROM THE HOLOCAUST Part Two 6. Janusz Korczak accompanied 192 orphans to a concentration camp without caring about his life so that he could cheer and entertain the children. He boarded the trains with the orphans from Dom Sierot and was never heard of again after that. Group portrait of children from the Korczak orphanage. Image credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Shlomo Nadel via aboutholocaust Korczak was a Polish Jew and worked professionally as a writer, pediatrician, and advocate for children’s rights. He was a fairly popular author and broadcaster who was forced into the Warsaw Ghetto where he spent time taking care of orphans. Korczak maintained his affection for children even in the direst circumstances when he marched to his death along with the 192 orphans in his care to the Treblinka Death Camp in August 1942. Warsaw was a place where considerable Jews were forced to live in ghettos. Korczak, too, was forced to relocate his...

Jewish Small Communities Network WANT TO BE IN BBC1 DOC? They are looking into how people from faith backgrounds draw on their faith and community in life events and need charismatic Jewish people! For more info see below and if you are interested email rachel@milkandhoneyproductions.co.uk   ...

September 1894, Marks and Spencer opened its first ever shop. They’d had market stalls in Leeds and Birkenhead before this, but No. 20 Cheetham Hill Road was their first actual shop. At first, Michael Marks lived above the small shop. The business flourished and they soon opened other shops. In the early days they were called "Marks and Spencer Penny Bazaars" with the slogan being "Don't Ask the Price – it's a Penny". In 1901, they built a warehouse on Derby Street near to the first shop. This warehouse was the first M&S building built to their own specifications. Sadly, the two founders of Marks and Spencer never got to see the their business become the retail giant it later did. Thomas Spencer died aged 53 in 1905 and Michael Marks died in Salford, aged 48, in 1907. ...

The JC: Victoria Prever, October 12, 2021 16:20 Kosher caterer Celia Clyne forced to shutter business after more than 25 years The caterer who has served communities and celebrities for more than a quarter of a century has called in liquidators Celia Clyne with husband Barry and son Mark via Celia Clyne banqueting Kosher caterer Celia Clyne has been forced to call in liquidators to dissolve her business after more than 25 years. The Manchester-based businesswoman who heads up the company with husband Barry and son Mark told the JC her business had been a “victim of the pandemic and of having very large premises”. Mrs. Clyne, who has previously served the likes of US Presidents, British Prime Ministers and the Late Princess Diana, said: “We had to liquidate after having not been able to work for 16 months. Even though we’ve been crazy busy this summer, we have a huge backlog of rent to pay and the furlough scheme has also ended.” One of the largest...